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Eleven persons were arrested by the Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly operating a multi-State amerciable online betting web linked to the Dafabet platform, pursuing an probe into the nonaccomplishment of astir ₹10 lakh by a bundle technologist from Karimnagar.
The accused were identified arsenic Manish Singh, 24, from Gujarat, Abhishek Singh, 26, besides from Gujarat, Igneshious Dass, 27, Abhishek Wadhva, 27, some from New Delhi, Mohd Halim, 24, from South Delhi, Love Kumar, from Punjab, Simarpreet Singh, 41, besides from Punjab, Ajith Singh, 27, Vijay Patidar, 25, Yugal Patidar, 24, and Prateek Praveen Bhai, 25, each from Gujarat.
The CID seized 3 luxury vehicles, including BMW, Mercedes and Kia Seltos cars, 8 laptops, 2 iPads, 26 mobile phones, 5 passports and ₹3,21,900 successful currency during the operation.
According to the DG of CID, Charu Sinha, the State authorities had constituted a Special Investigation Team nether the Director General, CID, to curb amerciable online betting and support citizens from fiscal and intelligence harm. The SIT registered a lawsuit astatine Karimnagar-II Town Police Station aft Challa Sai Krishna Reddy, a bundle technologist from Karimnagar, complained that helium had mislaid ₹9.95 lakh aft participating successful online betting activities promoted done the Dafabet level betwixt January 2024 and January 2025.
Investigators traced the complainant’s wealth done 46 mule slope accounts dispersed crossed 8 layers that were allegedly utilized to cod and way betting proceeds. The probe progressive investigation of slope transactions, mobile numbers, email IDs, societal media profiles and WhatsApp groups, which revealed what constabulary described arsenic a coordinated transgression web operating crossed respective States.
Two luxury cars seized by the CID during the bust. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“The accused promoted betting connected cricket matches, casino games and the Aviator level done the Dafabet application. Victims were allegedly lured with promises of casual money, bonuses and precocious returns. Funds were collected done UPI transactions, QR codes, net banking and aggregate slope accounts controlled by the network. Initial payouts were allegedly made to physique assurance among users and promote larger wagers,” said the DG.
Six peculiar teams led by DSP-rank officers were deployed to New Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab. After 2 weeks of surveillance and tract operations, the teams arrested the accused connected May 29. The suspects allegedly changed mobile phones, SIM cards and locations often to evade instrumentality enforcement agencies.
The probe further revealed that the accused were allegedly progressive successful online betting offences crossed respective states. According to information disposable connected the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, 225 complaints and 73 transgression cases person been registered against them successful Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
The Telangana Police said it has registered 414 cases against assorted amerciable online betting applications crossed the state. Authorities person identified 108 betting applications and submitted proposals to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for blocking them. Another 37 betting applications person been geo-fenced with the assistance of net work providers to restrict entree wrong Telangana.
Police besides stated that modular operating procedures person been issued to investigating officers handling online betting cases, portion 25 celebrities and societal media influencers person been counselled against promoting betting platforms. Awareness programmes are besides being conducted crossed constabulary stations successful the authorities to amended the nationalist astir the risks associated with online betting.
